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Issue: The Batman Family #17
Publication Date: April 1978
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Issues: #17 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/17/1978
Volume: 4
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893165505
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #152. On-sale date of January 19 in house ad in Justice League of America #153.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-4); saddle-stitched (#5-20)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-675
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: When the cold wind howls...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as A Moon, Poem, and Batman [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5146
Disclose Notes: Introductory page with poem and illustration.
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Scars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Margo Mulhare [as Millie?]; Scar [Desmond Mallard; Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth; Lori Elton; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; hotel concierge; amusement park custodian; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-Two, cameo flashback); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (Earth-Two, cameo flashback); Justice Society [Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: While investigating the disappearance of several celebrities, Batman encounters a couple of misfits with deformities. Dick Grayson visits Gotham with his girlfriend Lori, who is in town to try to help her ex-boyfriend. The Huntress arrives from Earth-Two looking for advice on crime-fighting, Batman takes her to meet former Batwoman Kathy Kane to compare notes. Kathy is currently working at an amusement park where the freaks Batman previously encountered live, while Dick tracks Lori who has also gone to the same park to meet her ex. There is a sinister connection behind these events.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1979 published January 1979
as Skrekk-kabinettet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #1/1979 published January 1979
as Ärret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #9 published January 1984
as Schrecken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: J-5048
Disclose Notes: First meeting of Earth-One Batman and Earth-Two Huntress. The Huntress/Batwoman storyline continues in the next story in this issue.
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The Big Fall

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-882
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Mike White, Scott Gibson and Beverly Thon.
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Horoscopes of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Madame Zodiac; Senator Thomas Cleary; Andrew Payne; Sheik Sarim Al-Sabar; Victor Azzizi; King Singye Birendra; Todd Carmel; Catfish Turner; Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (Earth 2); Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
Synopsis: When the Huntress comes to Batwoman for advice on being a super-heroine, Batwoman decides to reach out to Batgirl who is closer in age to Huntress. Meanwhile, a criminal fortune-teller named Madame Zodiac aides Poison Ivy and Catwoman in their battles against Batgirl and the Huntress in order to gain access to a mysterious object.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: J-5058
Disclose Notes: In prior appearances in Batman Family #3 and #6, Senator Cleary's first name is given as Robert or Bobby, however starting with this issue his first name is given as Thomas or Tom.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-882-A
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Ed Via, Mike Tiefenbacher and Beth Montelone.
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There's a Demon Born Every Minute

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (cameo); The Huntress [Helena Wayne] (cameo); Morgaine Le Fey; The Demon [Jason Blood]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Francine Langstrom; Rebecca Langstrom
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1980 published January 1980
as En demon blr født hvert eneste minutt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #5/1980 published April 1980
as Djävulens barn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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30 Cary Burkett

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by Michael Catron.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Questions from Gerald Dust, Mark Principe, Antonio Cabrera, Patrick Colvin, Perry Hong, D. Chlystek, Joey Bartram and Robert Jackson.

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